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- 10 July 2012
- Russian Wikipedia Goes Dark, Romanian Court Upholds President’s Suspension
Plus, Azerbaijan’s first elected leader returns from exile and a Polish board game tries to make communism fun.
- By Ky Krauthamer, Ioana Caloianu, Joshua Boissevain, and Sofia Lotto Persio
- 9 July 2012
- Floods Devastate Parts of Russia, Romanian President Suspended
Plus, Ratko Mladic’s trial resumes in The Hague and Hugh Grant irks Budapest.
- By Jeremy Druker, Ioana Caloianu, Joshua Boissevain, and Ernad Halilovic
- 6 July 2012
- Pilot 'Bears' Down on Minsk Over Free Speech, Poland to Honor Elton John
Plus, an activist is cleared of Zhanaozen charges and Albanian electoral reform is stalled.
- By S. Adam Cardais and Joshua Boissevain
- 5 July 2012
- More Language Protests in Kyiv, More Political Drama in Bucharest
Plus, Baku accuses a newspaper editor of treason and Moscow moves to discredit civic groups.
- By Barbara Frye, Josh Boissevain and Sofia Lotto Persio
- 4 July 2012
- Romanian Power Struggle Heats Up, Kazakhstan Looks to Islamic Finance
Plus, Armenians decry the power of oligarchs and Russia cringes on the threshold of WTO entry.
- By Ky Krauthamer, Ioana Caloianu, Joshua Boissevain, and Sofia Lotto Persio
- 3 July 2012
- Internationals Loosen Kosovo’s Leash, Small Russian Island Gets Very Big Bridge
Plus, a family surprise for a Hungarian extremist, and Uzbekistan jilts its allies, again.
- By Ky Krauthamer, Ioana Caloianu, Ernad Halilovic, and Sofia Lotto Persio
- 2 July 2012
- Belarus Frees ‘Libeling’ Reporter, Mongolian Parties in Coalition Mode After Elections
Plus EU police say goodbye to Bosnia and arrests made in Euroroma party blast in Bulgaria.
- By Jeremy Druker, Ioana Caloianu, Joshua Boissevain, and Sofia Lotto Persio
- 29 June 2012
- Karadzic Genocide Charge Dropped, Socialists to Form Serbian Government
- Plus, Gazprom rejects new Kyiv gas talks and Clinton nudges Riga on restitution.
- By S. Adam Cardais and Sofia Lotto Persio
- 28 June 2012
- ‘Magnitsky Bill’ Outrages Moscow, Czech Justice Minister Sacked Suspiciously
Plus, Georgian authorities again go after an opposition politician, and a Latvia group “issues” fake alien passports for Obama and Clinton.
- By Sofia Lotto Persio, Joshua Boissevain, Ioana Caloianu, and Jeremy Druker
- 27 June 2012
- EU to Open Talks With Montenegro and Seek New Route for Caspian Energy
Plus, sentences are handed down in 1991 massacre of Croat civilians and the Kyrgyz parliament issues a dress code.
- By Ky Krauthamer, Ioana Caloianu, Joshua Boissevain, and Sofia Lotto Persio
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